Technical & Quality Audit Report Special Processes - Heat Treatment

Auditor :
Audited Vendor: Auditee : .
Site Audit Dates: Report No.

SNo. Aspects to be audited Observations Agreed Action Plan Remarks

1 Equipment Details

2 Cycle Details as per control plan

3 Whether validation of equipment is done for temperature uniformity

4 Whether process qualification is done and records are available.
Confirm validation details & actual process mentioned in control plan / followed
5 Calibration of control equipments like
Temperature controller
Temperature recorder
Oxygen probe controller
Carbon potential controller
Gas analyser

6 Check control plan for

No of pieces per charge
No of pieces per tray
Loading position of components

7 Fixtures - Check for condition of fixtures & regular inspection of fixtures

8 Inspection : Inspection plan to confirm all the parameters of inspection as

applicable.
Surface hardness
Core hardness
Case microstructure
Core microstructure
Effective case depth
Total case depth
Cleanliness level after shot blasting / shot peening
Shot peening specifications
9 Shot peening operations / shot blasting as applicable

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 Technical & Quality Audit Report Special Processes - Heat Treatment
Auditor :
Audited Vendor: Auditee : .
Site Audit Dates: Report No.

SNo. Aspects to be audited Observations Agreed Action Plan Remarks

Size of shots / sleeve analysis reports
Hardness of shots
Indententing checking
Hot spot checking
Coverage checking
Dust collector effeciancy checking
Test certificate from shot suppliers
current in Amp
Time of shot peening
10 Other Points
Care taken for distortion control whether Heat wise trials taken before starting
production
Quenching oil checking / Filtering frequency.

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